Can the process of plumping chickens by adding broth to the muscle be considered “natural” when no artificial ingredients are used?   Too bad we have to have legal definitions for something like “natural” when it seems so clear what the term “natural” is supposed...

Does the UK have it right?  Will their “traffic light” system of food labeling help get people to eat healthier?   

Breaking the salt habit isn’t an easy thing to do. The salt taste buds on the sides of your tongue want to be satisfied. They don’t care that too much salt in the diet increases the risk of hypertension for certain people (African-Americans and people older than 40, as well as increasing...

Read about the new American Heart Association’s guidelines on added sugar. How much do you eat each day?  Probably more than you should.  Sugar is in so many processed foods, even the savory ones.  You’ll have to read labels to know where it lurks.  

If you follow a vegetarian lifestyle, you might appreciate this list of resources.  

For you chocolate lovers, find out how to get the most pleasure from chocolate by the way you eat it. I know the title “How to Eat Chocolate” sounds like a no-brainer.  You’d probably say: “Pop it in, chew it up and swallow.”  No way! That chocolate was gone in an instant...

Tabloids seem to have their eyes peeled for celebrity “bumps”. In other words, is so-and-so pregnant? Who named it the “bump” I don’t know, but it obviously is very descriptive of one’s physical shape. I suppose that’s why older women with osteoporosis are said...

Our brains are wired in such a way to guarantee that our bodies never go hungry. Dopamine, a neurotransmitter in the brain, gets us to focus on what’s most important in our environment for us to pay attention to. Now you may think it funny to hear that something like chocolate chip cookies could...

 

Do you realize that people who don’t live in high-tech societies rarely say “I don’t have time for that.” In the June issue of “The Costco Connection” there was a great article discussing both sides of the issue of whether timesaving devices (e.g. computers, emails,...